Synonyms of the word olive


OLIVECHROMATIC - DRUPE - FRUIT - RELISH - WOOD

olive

  • n. An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and…
  • n. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  • n. The wood of the olive tree.
  • n. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
  • n. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
  • n. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed…
  • n. (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
  • n. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
  • n. (Britain, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
  • adj. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

chromatic

  • adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
  • adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
  • adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

drupe

  • n. A stone fruit.

fruit

  • n. (botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from…
  • n. Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from…
  • n. An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
  • n. Offspring from a sexual union.
  • n. (colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual or effeminate man.
  • n. (as a modifier) Of, pertaining to, or having fruit; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
  • v. To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

relish

  • n. A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  • n. Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  • n. A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  • n. That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable…
  • n. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
  • n. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
  • n. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour.
  • v. (transitive) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeable, to make appetizing.
  • v. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of.
  • v. (transitive) to take great pleasure in.
  • v. (transitive) to look forward to.

wood

  • n. (uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a…
  • n. (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
  • n. (countable) A forested or wooded area.
  • n. Firewood.
  • n. (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  • n. (music) A woodwind instrument.
  • n. (uncountable, slang) An erection of the penis.
  • n. (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
  • v. (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
  • v. (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
  • v. To take or get a supply of wood.
  • adj. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
  • n. (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person) A peckerwood.

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